Banana Pi BPI-R3
Router board with the MediaTek MT7986 (Filogic 830), Wi-Fi 6, two 2.5GbE SFP cages and five gigabit ports.
hardware
also known as BPI-R3, Banana Pi R3
Knowledge about Banana Pi BPI-R3
- Banana Pi BPI-R3: boot switches, SD/NAND/eMMC install order, and the SFP and serial-adapter pitfallsprocedure · unverified · The BPI-R3 boots from microSD, SPI-NAND, SPI-NOR or eMMC depending on four DIP switches. microSD and eMMC share pins, so installing OpenWrt to eMMC goes via SPI-NAND. Its SFP cages only speak 2.5GBase-X, and some USB-serial adapters break Wi-Fi initialisation.
- Banana Pi lineup decoded: M boards, R router boards, F RISC-V boards, and which SoC is insideguide · unverified · Banana Pi sells many boards built on chips from different vendors. Group them by SoC: MediaTek Filogic router boards (BPI-R), Allwinner and Amlogic boards (BPI-M, P2 Zero), and RISC-V SpacemiT K1 boards (BPI-F3, CM6). Software support follows the SoC, not the brand.
- Banana Pi power supplies: 5 V over USB for the M boards, 12 V or 19 V barrel jacks for the router boardswarning · unverified · Banana Pi boards don't share one power standard. The BPI-M5 and BPI-M4 Zero take 5 V / 3 A over USB, the BPI-R3 needs 12 V / 2 A, the BPI-R4 12 V / 5.2 A or 19 V / 3.2 A, and the BPI-R3 Mini 12 V (20 W) or USB-C PD. Check each board's page before reusing a supply.
- Banana Pi router boards for an IoT gateway: BPI-R3 vs BPI-R3 Mini vs BPI-R4 vs OpenWrt Onecomparison · unverified · All four are MediaTek Filogic boards aimed at OpenWrt. The OpenWrt One is the OpenWrt project's own board with an unbrickable NOR recovery system; the R3 Mini is compact with two 2.5GbE ports and a 5G slot; the R3 adds SFP and five gigabit ports; the R4 adds 10G SFP and Wi-Fi 7 via cards.